Vaginal and rectal syringe



W. H. KAMMER VAGINAL AND RECTAL SYRINGE Filed Feb. 13, 1955 Patented Apr. 7, 1936 UNITED s res PAENT OFFl-(IE This invention refers to vaginal and rectal syringes and more particularly to sprayers attached to same. It has among its objects to provide a sprayer that can be used for medicinal injection into the human orifices, that can be loaded with medicinal preparations and delivered into the system according to any predetermined arrangement. Another object is to provide for the arrangements of the parts that may be disconnected for loading, inspection, interchanging or cleaning with facility. A further object is to construct the device that it will not injure the delicate organs or their parts or cause irritation or discomfort in their use. A still further object is to provide a more secure manner of holding the tubing used onto the sprayer, limit the travel of the device in the organ and divert the incoming stream of liquid in the sprayer in a prearranged manner and to provide a waste outlet. Other objects will become apparent as the invention is more fully set forth.

In this class of devices, the sprayers are provided generally with holes and of varying angles and shapes to suit the organs and made of relatively rigid material. In this invention, the material used is soft and flexible to permit it to adapt itself to the physical conditions met and not unduly distend the parts and thus disturb them from a medical point of view. This device is also arranged to take and hold medicines of various kinds and natures and provide for their insertion or inclusion in the sprayer without removing same from its tube, which feature is not provided for in the conventional form of sprayers of this kind.

In the drawing, which illustrates by way of example an embodiment of this invention:

Figure 1 is a side view of a sprayer embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view longitudinally through Figure 1, along line 2-2.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through a modified form of head for use with the sprayer body.

Figure 4. is an end view of outer shell shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 5 is an end view of screen head shown in Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawing.

In the construction shown in the drawing: I represents the shell base of a sprayer of the type referred to, and has interior passages 2 within it, the entering portion 3 of the same being enchambered or enlarged as indicated. The orifices 4 entering into the passage are restricted and inwardly bevelled to provide for a more central flow of the incoming fluids into the sprayer. This orifice end portion is enlarged exteriorly to more securely hold'the tubings used with the device to transmit fluid to it and also interiorly to pro- ,5 vide a mixing chamber for cold and hot water, etc. coming through together from the tubings. This arrangement of the orifice ends also enables them to be pushed onto the conventional ends of faujcets'or bath-type spigots. The other end 10 portion of the base '5 is provided with an interior screw thread 6 adapted to receive a head end of the sprayer. This'head end is provided with an exterior screw threaded portion 1 that engages with the screw thread 6 and stops against ll- 5 the ledge 8 provided in thebase shell. "The head end is provided with an interior passage '9 that registers with "the passage 2 and has an outer shell'lil. The outer shell I!) is provided with round holes II and slots l2 in the form indi- 2p 'cated' in Figures 1 and 2. The head end I4 of the form shown in Figure '5 'is provided with a screen head 13. The heads in both cases being rounded as indicated; The whole sprayer is preferably made of flexible material such as soft rubber, having suflicient stiffness to permit ready insertion but not force the parts forcibly asunder. The head of the device having holes and the material being of soft rubber enables the pills to be inserted by extending the holes and slots 30 in the same, which holes and slots will close after the pills are enclosed and the pills will be held within the sprayer. Water or other liquid is then flowed into the device through suitable tubings attached to the base portions of one or more of 35 the base shells of the sprayer. The pills may be of some suitable compound such as Potassium permanganate, zinc-chloride or other antiseptics or materials. The quantity depending on the requirements. As the liquid enters the passages 40 2 and comes into contact with the pills I5 it dissolves the materials and causes them to act directly on the part intended. The pills may be inserted also by opening the sprayer at the screw threaded portions and putting them in 45 the separate head end. The head end may also be used to take materials that will fill the head end, whether in powdered form or in semi-fiuid form. It is then screwed into the base shell and used. The connecting tubing, while gener- 0 ally intended to provide water or other liquids can also be used to provide air or other gases for propelling the materials into the organs, and slots IT, in outer shell l0, carry off waste materials. The enlarged bases of the sprayer, while tend- 5 ing to securely hold the tubing in place, also make it less liable to leakage. 'I'he sprayer, by reason of its flexibility is enabled to conform with the physical situation met and avoid distending the parts unduly in one direction, without materially affecting its purpose or efiiciency. This flexibility enables the sprayer to be pressed or closed by pinching and thus control the contents in the sprayer.

While the forms of this invention shown in the drawing are restricted, it is not desired to limit this invention in any way otherwise than limited by the prior art, since it is appreciated that other forms of construction could be used that would employ the same principles and come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A sprayer of the class described comprising in combination a base shell of flexible material having a plurality of orifice portions and passages therein connecting With each and a single main passage provided in the shell and continuing to the other end of the shell, the said shell being of flexible material and having a connecting portion at the other end, a head end shell connecting with said connecting portion and having a passage therein in registry with the passage in the base shell, said head end shell being of flexible material and having a plurality of orifices in its head end portion for the insertion and closing over of pills for the sprayer, said head being restricted and its orifices being arranged in lines at right angles to each other in the front portion of the head, and a plurality of self-cleansing slots in back of the head for providing egresses for the fluids passing through the sprayer away from the portion arranged for the pills, said slots being relatively long and restricted in width and parallel to the axis of the said head shell for spraying the physical organ of the user with a cleansing unmixed liquid and diluting the solutions in the organ exteriorly to the sprayer as they reach the portion of the sprayer from the head proper thereof.

2. A sprayer of the class described comprising in combination a base shell having a plurality of orifice portions and passages therein connecting with each and a single main passage provided in the shell and continuing to the other end of the shell, the said shell being of flexible material and having a connecting portion at the other end, a head end shell connecting with said connecting portion and having a passage therein in registry with the passage in the base shell, said head and shell being of flexible material and having a plurality of orifices in its head end portion for the insertion and closing over of pills for the sprayer and means for securing tubings or faucets to the base shell and mixing liquids therefrom passing into the sprayer, and slots provided in the head in back of the same adjacent to the connecting portion thereof, said slots being relatively long and restricted in width and parallel to the axis of the said head shell for spraying the physical organ of the user with a cleansing unmixed liquid and diluting the solutions in the organ exteriorly to the sprayer as they reach the portion of the sprayer from the head proper thereof.

3. A sprayer of the class described comprising in combination a base shell of flexible rubberlike material having a tubular barrel with a pair of bifurcated sections at one end thereof for the passage of waters or liquids therethrough to the main passage of the barrel of said shell, said shell having the other end portion of its barrel provided with connection means, the bifurcated sections being disposed at right angles to each other with their interior passages slightly converging towards the barrel and having their entering orifices provided with inwardly-bent restricting flanges, a head end shell provided with .a tubular barrel of similar material to that of the end shell provided with a plurality of small circular holes arranged in lines at right angles to each other at the front face thereof, said front face being restrictedly pointed and rounded, long slots being provided in the head-end shell parallel to the axis of the barrel thereof and away from the face portion, said slots being relatively long and restricted in width and parallel to the axis of the said head shell for spraying the physical organ of the user with a. cleansing unmixed liquid and diluting the solutions in the organ exteriorly to the sprayer as they reach the portion of the sprayer from the head proper thereof, and means on said barrel for connecting it to the connecting means of the first mentioned barrel.

WILLIAM H. KAMMER. 

